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Undergraduate Minor

Undergraduate students can earn a secondary competency through a minor in women's, gender, and sexuality studies. In this course of study, you will examine the construction of gender and sexuality in the United States and the global community. You will also be introduced to feminist critiques of mainstream scholarship in order to better understand the gendered development of world history, culture, and politics.

Minor Petition

Students who wish to complete a minor should file a Program of Study Petition. Please come to the WGSS office in 524 Holmes Hall to pick up a copy, or download a copy here and return it to the office for approval.

A 2.00 GPA is required for the minor.

Required Courses

Complete one required course:

  • WMNS 1103 - Intro to Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

Electives

Complete three courses from the following list. Of the three electives, one must be at the 200 level or above and the courses must come from at least two different departments.

NOTE: This is a newly approved list.

  • AFRS 1185 Gender in the African Diaspora
  • ANTH 1101 Peoples and Cultures
  • ANTH 2302 Gender and Sexuality: A Cross Cultural Perspective
  • CINE 3500 Film Theory
  • COMM 1131 Sex, Relationships and Communication
  • CRIM 4010 Gender, Crime, and Justice
  • ENGL 1503 Survey of American Literature
  • ENGL 3671 Multi-ethnic Literatures of the U.S.
  • ENGL 3672 Asian-American Literature
  • ENGL 4663 Early African American Literature: Writing the Black Atlantic
  • ENGL 4664 Eighteenth Century American Literature: Women, Gender, and Early America
  • ENGL 4683 Introduction the Postcolonial Literature
  • ENGL 4710 Black Women Writers
  • HIST 1204 Gender in the Global South
  • HIST 1259 Women in Jewish Culture
  • JWSS 2259 Women in Jewish Culture
  • HIST 2242 Women, Gender, and Sexuality in America
  • HIST 2325 African American Women's History
  • HIST 2372 Gender and Society in Modern Europe
  • HONR 1209 Bedrooms and Battlefields: Sex, Gender and Ethnicity in the Old Testament
  • HUSV 2800 Sexual Orientation and Gender Expression in Policy and Practice
  • HUSV 3510 Ending Gender Based Violence
  • HUSV 3580 Rape Crisis Training: Techniques in Counseling
  • INTL 2400 Politics of Islam and Gender
  • JWSS 2259 Women in Jewish Culture
  • LING 3456 Language and Gender
  • MUSC 1106 Women and Music
  • MUSC 1139 Popular Music, Sexuality, and the New Global Order
  • PHIL 1150 Sex, Power, and Oppression: An Introduction
  • PHIL 1150 Philosophy and Gender
  • PSYC 1200 Psychology of Women
  • RELS 1104 Women and Religion
  • RELS 1271 Sex, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
  • RELS 1280 An Introduction to Islam
  • SOCL 1255 Sociology of the Family
  • SOCL 1256 Violence in the Family
  • SOCL 1260 Gender in a Changing Society
  • SOCL 1268 Social Movements
  • SOCL 1273 Sociology of Gender and Work
  • SOCL 3402 Feminist Perspectives on Society
  • SOCL 4520 Race, Class and Gender
  • SOCL 4530 Seminar in the Family
  • SOCL 4580 Special Topics in Sociology: Sexualities
  • SOCL 4992 Sociology of Sexualities: Exploring "Queer" Theory and Non-conforming Sexualities
  • WMNS 1101 Sex, Gender and Pop Culture
  • WMNS 1103 Intro to Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
  • WMNS 3441 Topics in Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
  • WMNS 4992 Directed Study in Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

    Upper-Division Elective

    Complete one upper-division course in consultation with the coordinator of the WGSS Program.

    NOTE: Check with the WGSS office before enrolling to make sure your courses will count toward your WGSS minor. Courses with star (*) vary per course. Please contact the WGSS office if you would also like to count an unlisted course.